Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman and chief executive Seán FitzPatrick has been arrested in connection with alleged financial irregularities at the bank. Two other former high-ranking executives at the bank appeared in court yesterday, July 23rd. Willie McAteer and Pat Whelan were each charged with company law offences.

On Wednesday Facebook filed documents for a public flotation. The company is valued at over $80 billion and shares will probably begin trading in May. Here we look at who owns the social networking giant.

Greece’s economic and political crisis has intensified after Europe’s threat to cut off rescue aid plunged its government into chaos. Prime Minister George Papandreou is battling for survival, and the opposition has pledged to back its EU-IMF bailout if he left power and called an election.

G20 leaders are holding a summit in Cannes, France, amid the prospect of Greece leaving the euro zone to preserve the 12-year-old single currency. France and Germany have told Prime Minister George Papandreou that Athens would not receive a cent more in aid until it votes to meet its commitments to the euro zone.